{"id":92,"date":"2012-12-31T19:47:39","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T19:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoconsignmentofsandiego.com\/wordpress\/?p=92"},"modified":"2013-01-08T23:07:41","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T07:07:41","slug":"massive-toyota-recall-due-to-faulty-window-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.autoconsignmentofsandiego.com\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/31\/massive-toyota-recall-due-to-faulty-window-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Toyota recall due to faulty window switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0G58IaiZs8E\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Side Power Window Master Switch<\/strong><br \/>\nTORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 10, 2012 \u2013 Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (TMS), today announced that it will conduct a safety recall involving approximately 2.5 million vehicles to inspect and apply special fluorine grease to the driver\u2019s side Power Window Master Switch (PWMS). The vehicles involved include:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoconsignmentofsandiego.com\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/31\/massive-toyota-recall-due-to-faulty-window-switch\/toyota-sign\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-393\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-393\" alt=\"toyota-sign\" src=\"http:\/\/www.autoconsignmentofsandiego.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/toyota-sign.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2007 to 2008 Yaris (approx. 110,300)<br \/>\n\u2022 2007 to 2009 RAV4 (approx. 336,400)<br \/>\n\u2022 2007 to 2009 Tundra (approx. 337,100)<br \/>\n\u2022 2007 to 2009 Camry (approx. 938,100)<br \/>\n\u2022 2007 to 2009 Camry Hybrid (approx. 116,800)<br \/>\n\u2022 2008 to 2009 Scion xD (approx. 34,400)<br \/>\n\u2022 2008 to 2009 Scion xB (approx. 77,500)<br \/>\n\u2022 2008 to 2009 Sequoia (approx. 38,500)<br \/>\n\u2022 2008 Highlander (approx. 135,400)<br \/>\n\u2022 2008 Highlander Hybrid (approx. 23,200)<br \/>\n\u2022 2009 Corolla (approx. 270,900)<br \/>\n\u2022 2009 Matrix (approx. 53,800)<\/p>\n<p>The driver\u2019s side PWMS may experience a \u201cnotchy\u201d or sticky feel during operation. If commercially available lubricants are applied to the switch in an attempt to address the \u201cnotchy\u201d or sticky feel, melting of the switch assembly or smoke could occur and lead to a fire under some circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cnotchy\u201d or sticky feel may be caused by an uneven application of the grease during the switch assembly process at the supplier. If the grease is not applied evenly, frequent use of the switch and normal operation may cause the grease to become carbonized and may eventually result in the deterioration of its lubricating properties.<\/p>\n<p>The recall remedy will involve an inspection, switch disassembly, and application of special fluorine grease. The switch inspection and repair will be performed at no charge to the vehicle owner.<\/p>\n<p>Owners of vehicles covered by this safety recall will receive an owner notification letter via first class mail starting in late October 2012. The repair will take approximately one hour depending on the dealer\u2019s work schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s announcement is for U.S. market vehicles only. No other Toyota, Lexus, or Scion vehicles are involved. We are not aware of any vehicle crashes for this condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Side Power Window Master Switch TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 10, 2012 \u2013 Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (TMS), today announced that it will conduct a safety recall involving approximately 2.5 million vehicles to inspect and apply special fluorine grease to the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoconsignmentofsandiego.com\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/31\/massive-toyota-recall-due-to-faulty-window-switch\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,13,11],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-recalls","tag-toyota-faulty-window-switch","tag-toyota-faulty-window-switch-recall","tag-toyota-recall","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.autoconsignmentofsandiego.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.autoconsignmentofsandiego.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.autoconsignmentofsandiego.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.autoconsignmentofsandiego.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.autoconsignmentofsandiego.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.autoconsignmentofsandiego.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":395,"href":"http:\/\/www.autoconsignmentofsandiego.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.autoconsignmentofsandiego.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.autoconsignmentofsandiego.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.autoconsignmentofsandiego.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}